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v .UNITED TATES ATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD c. PARAMORE, or PHILADELPHIA, rENNsYLvANIA.

APPARATUS FOR TREATING CHLORIN GAS.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,100 dated 53111131729, 1901- Application filed March -27., 1900. Renewed November 19, 1900. ASerial No. 37.063. (No model.)

Philadelphia and Sta-teef Pen nsylvania; have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Chlorin Gas,'of which thefellowing is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for generating, treating, and4 utilizing chlorin gas;

and the objects of the same are to provide an apparatus for this purpose which will thoroughly subject every molecule ofthe gas to the action of electric discharges in achamber from which-theV air has been expelled, and .in this way to practically deodorze the gas and enhance `its bleaching vqualities.

In the laccompanying drawings, forming p art of this specification, and in which like characters oli reference indicate correspoxxding parts, I have il'lustrated'two of the many forms of apparatus that may .bejemploycd in carrying my invention into effect, it being understood that I do not limit myself sn cific'ally to these particular forms of apparatus, and in the drawings- Figure 1 illustrates one form of apparatus which I may use. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one form of electric chamber in which the gas is treated in the above-mentioned form of apparatus. Fig. Sis'a cross-section on line .fr az,

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Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings and to Fig. l thereof, A designates the electrolytic apparatus, the same. comprising a four'- armed structure, whereof two tubes or arms ct a constitute a passage-way for the gas as generated and the other two arms a2' a2 the housing for the electrodes B. The members a2, as shown, each consists of an inner and outer glass tube, the inner tube as a8 of each member being exp tended nearly to the center of the structure,

whereby the electrodes will be brought suficiently close together to permit passage of the current between the lt"wo. The electrodes are in this instance shown as a plurality of wires, of iron or any suitable material, bunched or otherwise suitably arranged and connected to a wire c, common to all of the electrodes, this wire being extended outward beyond each member to permit of attachment with params.

lmaterial in the receiver 9.

the conducting-wiresfrom the source of electriity. The numeral 1 designates a genera tor for the chlorin gas, and 2 a tube which extends from the generator to the electric ape. The generator issupported by a stand A spi rit-'lamp' 4 may be placed under said generator, and a funnel 5 is connected to the inlet-pipe 6, provided with a stop-cock 7. 6o

As shown in Fig. 1, the generator is conuectedto one of the tubes a,'and the opposite tu-be a, is connected at 8 to a. receiver 9 for con taining pulp or other material to be treated,` all the joints in the apparatus being air andl gas tight. A pump 10, of any suitable construction, may be applied to pipe 11, leading from the receiver. l

'lheelect-ricity may he from any preferred source, in this instance from a VRuhmkort coil E, to which theterminals are suitably' connected.

The generator 1 for the gasmay be an ordinary retort, such as is commonly used, into which-manganese dioxid and an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid are introduced, as usual. y

In the form of apparatus shown the space between the inner and outer arms a;la as constitutes a trap into which any condensed acid may accumulate in the operation of the device, thus preventing contamination of, the purified gas. A

The operation of the apparatus described is as follows: Manganese dioxid and an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid are placed in the generator, and the stop-cock 7 is then turned to exclude the air. The air is then expelled from all parts of the apparatus--viz.,

the receiver 9, the tubes a a2, and the generator 1. The lamp 4 may-then be lighted and the gas will be generated. The pump is then put into operation, and the gas is drawn through the electric chamber and through the It is to be noted 95 that the space between the inner and outer tubes in the apparatus A is comparatively small, and as a result every molecule of gas receives treatment in a coniinedor restricted space, the electrodes, however, never cmning roo in direct contact with the gas, the sparks passing through the dielectric material of which the inner tubes are formed.

In Figs. 2, 3, and 4 I have shown a modified function form of, electrolytic apparatus in which the electrodes instead of beiugbunched, asin Fig. 1, are separately inclosed in glass tubes and hermetically sealed. Any suitable number of electrodes may be used, and they may be arranged in various ways to perform their As shown at the bottom ot'V Figf2 and in Fig. 4, ,the electrodes are in the form of spiral coils. through a cork an, fitted in the top and bottom of the inner tube as, and it is to be understood that this closure need not be air-tight, as shown in Fig.` 1, as it does not admit air to the interior of the apparatus; but in' Fig. 2

the closure must be hermetic, because in this construction the inner and outer tubes are not inone piece, as in Fig. 1. I do notv claim herein the process made the subject'of lmy application, Serial No, 6,099, tiled February '21, 1900.

Having thus fully described my invention,

` 1. In an apparatus for treating chlorin gas, an electric chamber consisting of a gaswa'ytube, housings extending at right angles to said tube, dielectricv bulbs containing elec# trodes suspended in said housings, in combinationwith a chlorin-generator connected to said gasway-tube', a pump connected to a receiver, an'induction-coil, and electrical connections between said induction-coil and electrodes. v

' 2. In an apparatus for treating chlorin gas, an electric chamber consisting of a gaswaytube, housings extending at right angles to saidv tube, dielectric bulbs containing elec- The single wire a4 may pass f trodes, said bulbs extending through the heus ings and into the gasway-tnbe, iu combination with a chlorin-generator and a receiver, both connected to said gasway-tube, a pump connected to the receiver, an induction-coil, and electrical connections between said inductioncoil and electrodes. o

3. In an apparatus for treating chlorin gas, the combination of a chloriu-generator,'a gasway-tubeconnected to said generator, a. receiver also connected to said gasway-tube, dielectric bulbs containing electrodes, housings for said bulbs, said bulbs extending into the gasway-tube, an induction-coil electrically connected to said electrodes, and a pump connected to said receiver, substantially as described.

4. In au apparatus for treating chlorin gas, the combination of a chlorin-generator, an electric chamber, a receiver and a pump con nected thereto, said electric chamber consisting of a gasway-tube connected at its ends to the generator and to the receiver, housings extending at right'anglesto the gasway-tube,

4dielectric bulbs in the housings, electrodes in IIQSSQS. Y

EDWARD C. PARAMORE; Witnesses:A

LILY M. BORKMEYER,

S. HORACE MYERS. 

